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========================================================= Sponsored by Nokia Get out of the office and get to work with Nokia. With our range of mobile solutions, Nokia has been the go-to company for businesses looking to mobilize their workforce and increase productivity. To learn more, visit us at nokiaforbusiness.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137596-1 ========================================================= October 14, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Election Reporting Gets Wi-Fi Push 2. News: Wi-Fi Alliance Cracks Down On Pre-Standard Products 3. News: Symbol, InterDigital Introduce New Products 4. News: Going Head-to-Head with BlackBerry 5. News: Fixing RFID's Problems 6. News: University to Test RFID/Bar Code Reading Device Wireless at eWEEK.com: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137599-1 ========================================================= Wireless & Mobile Update ========================================================= 1. News: Election Reporting Gets Wi-Fi Push An estimated 3000 journalists covering last night's presidential debate filed stories wirelessly from Arizona State University, hotels, coffee shops and other points around Tempe, Arizona, using a Wi-Fi network that WazAlliance deployed as a pilot wireless mesh project. The network employed an access point mounted on an electric car. Take a look at the vehicle and find out how it works. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137602-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Wi-Fi Alliance Cracks Down On Pre-Standard Products The Wi-Fi Alliance said this week that it would not certify "pre-802.11n" products before the standard is certified by the IEEE. That may not happen until 2007. Read why this industry group is getting tough. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137605-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Symbol, InterDigital Introduce New Products Symbol announced a multiband "access port" that will support 802.11a, b and g simultaneously while InterDigital rolled out a new "lock-on" antenna that keeps signals from radiating in all directions. See how they work. News: Multiband Wi-Fi Device Manages Voice, Video and Data http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137608-1 News: Antenna Technology "Locks On" WiFi Signals http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137611-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Going Head-to-Head with BlackBerry RIM's popular BlackBerry messaging platform is getting some competition from JP Mobile and Sproqit Technologies. Find out what the companies have up their sleeves. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137614-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Fixing RFID's Problems The FCC is taking notes on RFID as vendors warn of the technology's pitfalls, as well as its promise. A former Boeing engineer has a scheme that may solve at lease some of the headaches. News: RFID: Promise and Pitfalls http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137617-1 News: Will Wireless Rewrite the RFID Landscape? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1224-10-15-148054-137620-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: University to Test RFID/Bar Code Reading Device Soon, retailers may no longer have to choose between bar code labels and RFID tags. The University of Florida is testing a device that recognizes both. 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